i suggest people ask instead of speculating or listen to random stories from whoever, as if you have asked, you would know as much as who bothered to ask that we are since the latest mini patch drop working on 2 possible new clients to use on future updates. After the 2 clients will be somewhat usable we will see what we can do with either of them and decide which ones to use for the next update.
i still wonder where you guys get this brilliant notions out of nowhere that people stop working or people stop caring about the server or wtv it is, how do you see 2 mini patches and 3 or 4 events, constant data base updates, multiple bug fixes (tho slower then they should but still) this all in past 6 months only and you connect it to server not evolving, no changes, admins dont have motivation anymore to keep working...
+ i work on a salary basis since the beginning with some bonus from time to time, so the idea of the herp derp they dont make money so they dont work anymore means nothing for most of us considering our salary is roughly the same.
but by all means, if you want to make your crowdfunding go ahead, i bet bosses and investors will be very happy with extra profit and i will just go and tell them it was my idea so maybe they get me a bonus out of it